Spinning frame



Sept. 30, 1930.

M. HAIN SPINNING FRMIE Filed March 19, 1930 8 Sheets-Sheet INVENTORI Malcolm //a,'n

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M. HAIN SPINNING FRAIE Sept. 30, 1930.

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Patented Septf3b, .1930

UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE uancomvr 1min, on MonrcIiAIn nEw JERSEY- srinnine reams if Application filed March 19, 1930. sees 1159431032.

This invention relates to spinning and kindred machines 1n whlch the Wound packages are arranged 111 rows at, difierent elevations and there is provision for causing said rows to change places, for instance, so

that when the bobbins or equivalent cores of one row (as the upper row) in the working position have become filled they will be. replaced by the empty ones of the other row and willthemselvesassume the position for My object is to provide a machine of this class wherein the interchange of positions of the two rows of packages may be accinplished by mechanism more simple and reliable than heretofore and by operation easily performed by the attendant. To this endeach. carrier for each row of packages isrotative. on a substantially horizontal axis 1 in and eccentric with reference to the of a structure itself movable around a. substantially horizontal axis and there is means as said structure is moved to cause the carrier to rotate therein so thatasit changes frcl I one. elevation 'to another it will n both positions face in subsantia-lly the sainejdirece ti.on.-so that: the packages thereon wil 1 project upwardly in both positions, In the preferred for-1n the said structure and each carrier are connected by planetary gearing. The invention further contemplates main-i taininguthe carriers facing ins-aid direction even though, When the spinning or other op eration is proceeding, the carriers undergo reci n'ocation relatively .to yarn fliers orx equivalent guides.

In the draw ngs,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of l a spinning ma- Fig. 2 a front elevation'thereof;

Fig. .3 a front-to -rear vertical section immediately at the right of ar1n3 in Fig. 2;

.Fig. 4 a front elevation ofa spinning ma-' chine einboldyinganother form;

Fig. 5. asection online'5 -e5, Fig. 6;

. Fig.16- a front-to-rear vertical section imniediately at theleft of the right-hand frame gable in 1 1Fig.,7.is a section on line 7 7, Fi

chine embodying one formof the invention;,

which extend up over sprocket wheels 6 on a horizontal shaft 7 whichmay be oscillated by anysuitable means (not shown) connected to a crank or cranks 8 thereon so as to-pr'oduce,

' as will appear, the necessarytraverse as be- I tween the yarn and yarn packages. 9 designatesthe fliers and 9 a belt and pulley means for rotating them. J

Figs. 1 to 3 :On-the arms 3*of the supports 3 are fixed pinions 10 and coaxial therewith and iournaled. in said arms are the shafts around the axes of said shafts) structure each. part "of which comprises, with a shaft 11, disks 12 and 13 fixed to saidshaft one each side of each arm.- Diametrically op} 3osite pinions 14 are fixed on shafts 14 journaled in disksl? and these are connected with. the

fixed pinions 10 by intermediate pinions15f I 11 of a two-part shiftable (here rotativ e journaledj in disks 12. The wound-package carriersare formed by the rails16 having their end portions 16Faflixed to shafts I l Thus the shiftable structure and the carriers form aplanetary system. I The carriers are arranged so that their package-supporting surfaces face alike orupward, and the de- 1 scribed gearing such that when the system comprising said shiftable structure and thecarriers-isrotated a. half cycle the car ri'ers again face upwardly. 1'7 designates bobbins formingthe cores of the packages and seated on the carriers, those on each carrier in. front-to-rear planes opeiiativ'ely coinciding wit-h the fiiers so as that eachv row will cooperate therewith. when it is up.

The means for shifting said planetary system to cause the two carriers to change places. when doffing and replenishment of'the bobbins are to be donch cre also desigied to ing with their gears 18.

maintain said system against turning in the interim-is as follows: A rotary shifter 18, journaled in the end gable 1 of the frame coaxially with said system, has a diametric inside rib 18 formed with a slot 18 receiving a pair of diametrically opposite studs 19 on the adjoining disk 13 of said system. This shifter may be held against rotation by the pull-out pin 20 engageable in either of two diametrically opposite holes (not shown) in'the shifter. The shifter has a gear 18 with which meshes a pinion 21 journaled in the gable and having a crank 21 by which to rotate it and hence said shifter and sys tem. To intercouple the two parts of, the aforesaid shiftable structure the shifter may be duplicated and the two shifters connected by a rotary shaft 18 having pinions 18 mesh- The drawings show the up-and-down reciprocated mechanism comprising the counterbalanced supports and said rotary system depressed in position for rotaryshlftmg of said system, which may be then accom- ,plished by withdra mng the keeper and turning crank 21. At thistime said mechanism is somewhat below its lowest limit of traverse during spinning so that the bobbins in shifting will clear the fliers, accomplished as by dlsconnectmg the 'means for oscillatmg shaft 7. lVhen said mechanism has been reconnected to said means, and then elevated to' position for traverse, the spinning operation proceeds in the regular way, said system being kept from rotative shifting by its engagement in the slots of the shifters now locked by the keeper.' \Vhen said system occupies either of the two positions in which it is Y locked by the keeper the arrangement of the formed carriers is preferably such that the upper car rier is back of the lower to afford clearance for dofling.

F igs, 4 to 8: In this form the rotary system has the carriers movable planetarily in the form already described, but such motion is intermittent; this form also dlfi'ers in that the means for rotarily' shifting the. rotary system and for maintaining said sysend portions 25" of the two bobbin rails 25,

one such shaft having a star'wheel 26 whose equally spaced notches 26 are adapted to re ceive equally spaced studs 27 on the annulus, whereby to rotate in said shiftable structure intermittently each carrier 2el-25--26 thus when said structure is rotated. lVhen the system including said structure and the carriers is in that position (Fig. 6) in which the upper carrier is back of and thus affords clearance to the lower row of bobbins 28 for dotting the parts are held against turning by spring-pressed pins 29 arranged in gears 23 and adapted. to engage equally spaced notches 2 F in shafts 24. Or said parts may be held against turning by providing (Fig. 8) on each or both of the shafts 2% of each'carrier a faceted block 30 whose facets may successively move in wipcontact with the surface of annulus 22 as in the rotation of the system each carrier is rotated, clearance being afforded the angles or corners of the block by recesses 22 in said annulus. The rotation ofsaid' system is in the form now being described effected by'rotating, by crank 31*, a shaft '31'having pinions 32 meshing with gears v a I The mechanism in this form may be guided and reciprocatedvertically when spinning is proceeding the same as in the first form; and when rotary shifting of said system is to be efiected for dofling and replenishment of the bobbins said mechanism is first lowered as already described to clear the upper packages from the liiers.

' Figs. 9 to 11: In this case the supports 33,

the shiftable structure formed by annular gears 34-, and the carriers 35 are the same as in Figs. lto 7, but the movement of the car riers planetarily is effected by arms 36 one of journaled in the frame coaxial with. the planetary system 3 135 (when the mechanism is depressed) and having their slots 3S receiviug the ends of the carrier shafts, the rotary shaft 39 having pinions 40 meshing with the gears 38" of the shifters, the pinion 11 meshing with one gear 38 and'having the crank 41. for effecting the shifting, and the pull-out pin 42 for holding the shifter mechanism against turning when the spinning is going on. The control of the planetary system 34-435 to prevent it from rotary displacement when the mechanism is being traversed completed by the slotted extension members 43 affixed to the frame.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is:

1. In combination, supporting means, a shiftable structure movable therein around a substantially horizontal axis, carriers for the wound packages movable in said structure around substantially horizontal axes arranged in different radii extending from the first axis, and means to cause each carrier to rotate in said-structure and thereupon face a given direction each time said carrier in its movement with said structure occupies a given position.

2. In combination, supporting means, a shiftable structure movable therein around a substantially horizontal axis, carriers for the wound packages movable insaid structure around substantially horizontal axes arranged in different radii extending from the first axis, and means, connecting each carrier with the supporting means, to cause such carrier to rotate in said structure and thereupon face a given direction each time said carrier in its movement with said structure occupies a given position.

3. In combination, supporting means, a shiftable structure movable therein around. a substantially horizontal axis, carriers for the wound packages movable in said structure around substantially horizontal axes arranged in difi erent radii extending from the first axis, and means to cause the carriers to rotate in said structure and thereupon face a common direction each time said carriers in their movement with said structure occupy given positions.

4. In combination, supporting means, a shiftable structure movable therein around a substantially horizontal axis, carriers for the wound packages movable in said structure around substantially horizontal axes arranged indifferent radii extending from the first axis, and means, connecting each carrier with the supporting means, to cause the carriers to rotate in said structure and thereupon face a common direction each time said carriers in their movement with said structure occupy given positions.

5. I11 combination, supporting means, a shiftable structure movable therein around a substantially horizontal axis in a given direction, carriers for the wound packages n'iovable in said structure around substantially horizontal axes arranged in different radii extending from the first axis, and means cause each carrier in its movement with said structure through a given number of degrees to rotate in the relatively opposite di rection through substantially the same number of degrees.

6. In combination, supporting means a shiftable structure movable therein around a substantially horizontal axis in a given direction, carriers for the wound packages movable in said structure around substantially horizontal axes arranged in different radii extending from the first axis, and means, connecting each carrier with the supporting means, to cause each carrier in its movement with said structure through a given number of degrees to rotate in the relatively opposite direction through substantially the same number of degrees.

7. In combination, supporting means, a shiftable structure movable therein around a substantially horizontal axis, a wound packsubstantially.horizontal axis, a wound pack age carrier movable in said structure around a substantially horizontal axis arrangedeccentrically of the first axis, and means, connecting the carrier with the supporting means, to causethe carrier to rotate in said structure and thereupon face a given direction each time said carrier in its movement with said structure occupies a given position.

In combination, supporting means, a shiftable structure movable therein around a substantially horizontal axis in a givendt rection, a wound package carrier movable in said structure arounda substantially horizontal axis arranged eccentrically of the first axis, and means to cause the carrier in its movement with said structure through a given number of degrees to rotate in the relatively opposite direction through substan tially the same number of degrees.

10. In combination, supportlng' means, a

shiftable structure movable therein around a substantially horizontal axis in a glven di-' rection, a wound package carrier movable in said structure around a substantially horizontal axis arranged eccentrically of the first axis, and means, connecting said carrier with the supporting means, to cause the carrier in its movement with said structure through a given number of degrees to rotate in the relatively opposite direction through substantially the same number of degrees.

11. In combination, supporting means, and a planetary svstem comprising a. shiftable structure movable in said means around a substantiallyhorizontal axis and carriersfor the wound packages movable in said structure around substant1ally horlzontal axes arranged in different radii extending from the first axis and intergeared' with said structure. V 1

12. In combination, supporting means, and a planetary system comprising a shiftable structure movable in said means around a substantially horizontal axis in a given direction and carriers for the wound packages movable in said structure around substantially horizontal axes arranged in different radii extending from the first axis and intergeared with said structure to move relatively reversely thereto.

13. In combination, supporting means, and

a planetary system comprising a shiftable structure movable in said means around a substantially horlzontal axis and a wound package carrier movable in said structure;

around a substantially horizontal axis arranged eccentrically of the first axis and inter-geared with said structure. 1 I

i l; In combination, supporting means, and

a planetary system comprising a shiftable' structure movable in said means around a substantially horizontal axis and a wound packa e carrier movable in said structure around a substantially horizontal axis arranged eccentrically of the first axis and intergeared with said means. 7

'15. In combination, supporting means, and a planetary system comprising a shiftable structure movable in said means around a substantially horizontal axis and a wound package carrier movable in said structure around a substantially horizontal axis arranged eccentrically of the first axis and intergeared with said structure to .move relatively reversely thereto.

16. In con'ibination, frame, an up-anddown reciprocatory support therein, a shiftable structuremovable in the support around a substantally horizontal axis, a wound package carrier carried by said structure, and means in the frame for confining said structure against movement in said support while reciprocating therewith.

17. In combination, a frame, an up-anddown reclprocatory support therein, a shiftable structure movable in the support around asubstantially horizontal axis, a Wound package carrier carried by said structure, and means in the frame for confining said structure against movement in said support while reciprocating therewith, said means being movable and in a given position of the support adapted to move said structure around said axis.

18. In combination a frame an u J-anddown reciprocatory support therein, a planetary system comprising a shiftable structure movable in the support around a substantially horizontal axis and a Wound package carrier movable in said-structure around a substantially horizontal axis and intergeared with said structure, and means in the frame for confining said structure against movement in said support while reciprocating therewith.

19. In combination a frame an u J-andi down reciprocatory support therein, a shiftable structure movable 1n the support around a substantially horizontal arms, a wound package carrier carried by said structure, and

means in the frame for confining said structure against movement in said support while reciprocating therewith, said means being movable and in a given position of the support adapted to move said structure around said axis. I a

In testimony whereof I affix my signature;

MALCOLM HAIN. 

